Just Getting to the Island Games Can Be a Marathon Shetland Hosts Unique Sporting Event
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ITis perhaps the unlikeliest sporting event of the summer, featuring more than 2500 athletes and 650 kit beds, not to mention 25 containers of water.
The Island Games 2005 start in Shetland today, with teams from as far afield as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. However, for many the first event is just to get there.See the full content of this document
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Just Getting to the Island Games Can Be a Marathon Shetland Hosts Unique Sporting Event
The 15-strong St Helena team had to set off in the middle of June to make it. There is no airstrip on their south Atlantic island, and the boat calls only every three weeks.
Then there were fou...See the full content of this document
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